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A mapcap rap video featuring North Wales kids is attempting to make peat bogs sound cool and interesting.

Pupils from Pentrefoelas and Ysbyty Ifan schools performed the five-and-a-half minute YouTube video to highlight the importance of peatland restoration.

Led by Llanfrothen rap artist Ed Holden, aka Mr Phormula, and with Welsh language lyrics, the youngsters join in the refrains while showcasing the value of Welsh upland bogs via a series of hand-written cards.

The video, “Fy enw i yw Peat! - My name is Peat!”, is still awaiting YouTube sensation status but the enthusiasm of its young stars is infectious.

A young eco-warrior highlight the importance of peatland restoration in the video

Peatland carbon sinks

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has begun to reverse the trend through management agreements with farmers, while schemes such as Tir Gofal, Glastir and the Nature Fund are also making a difference.

“Restoring peatlands is essential,” said Peter Jones, NRW member of the Welsh Peatlands Action Group.

“If all carbon in peatlands was to be lost to the atmosphere it would be equivalent to almost 15 years’ worth of Wales’s total CO2 emissions – or 97 years’ worth of CO2 emissions from Welsh agriculture and land use.”